Question

Never give up! That is one lesson I learned when I was very young．

At the age of four, not knowing a single word of _____ , I started school．I felt _____ because I couldn’t talk to other kids．Maybe I was _____ because I didn’t know how to talk with others．I only know Spanish, and English is just a mixture of _____．When the teacher spoke English, the _____ became faster and faster and then became a tornado（龍卷風(fēng)）ripping through my mind．I couldn’t _____．I got so confused(困惑) and I didn’t know what to do．I sometimes felt like crying, but I kept telling myself never to ______．

I started to learn English hard．At the end of the year, I could understand, read, speak and write English．The next year I _____ my friend Jack．It was his first year of school and he didn’t _____ English like me in the beginning, so I started to _____ him this difficult language．At first it was very ____, but at last he was interested in English and picked it up quickly．We _____ learning more and more every year, and now we are both very good English ______．

I also began to teach my younger sisters since I didn’t want them to feel isolated（孤立的）and shy as I did．

This year I am in the eighth grade and have got straight A’s in every class since kindergarten．My ______ ? I never give up．Now I am learning Japanese．It may be a little _____ , but I will keep on learning it．No matter how hard something is, I never give up．I keep trying until I do it right．

Nothing is difficult in the world if you put your heart into it．

1.A. Chinese B. English C. Japanese D. French

2.A. interesting B. funny C. happy D. lonely

3.A. friendly B. shy C. smart D. silly

4.A. sound B. subject C. voice D. language

5.A. phrases B. stories C. words D. music

6.A. hear B. see C. understand D. believe

7.A. give up B. end up C. look up D. get up

8.A. found B. met C. watched D. looked

9.A. know B. like C. see D. hear

10.A. show B. give C. teach D. send

11.A. exciting B. boring C. surprising D. interesting

12.A. stopped B. liked C. hated D. kept

13.A. speakers B. listeners C. writers D. talkers

14.A. skill B. knowledge C. secret D. idea

15.A. easy B. difficult C. strange D. interesting

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